Israeli siblings Omer Berger, 24, and Ella Berger, 22, faced delays in obtaining Australian visas after being asked to complete to complete a 13-page document typically required for military personnel involved in war. The siblings had planned to visit their 100-year-old great-grandmother, a Holocaust survivor.

According to Berger, six family members applied for Australian visas two months ago. While all were promptly approved, Omer and Ella were told to submit the extended form. The questions included whether they had participated in physical or psychological abuse, served as guards or officials in detention facilities or engaged in war crimes or genocide.

Ella, who had received a week’s leave from her military service to attend the celebration, gave up waiting and returned to Israel. Omer, a reservist, remains in Thailand, hoping for a resolution. Berger expressed the family’s heartbreak, fearing they may never see their great-grandmother again. “We just want a clear answer, yes or no,” he said.

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You have the world’s tiniest violin, but can you play it?

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sure, but is the tardigrade any good with it? lol

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5 points

That’s neither a violin nor how you play one 🤭

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11 points

For whatever reason that’s not coming through for me without clicking.

For others who might have the same issue:

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What did you post?

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I converted the png to a smaller filesize jpg and posted it. Here’s a screenshot, but if my other pic didn’t come through for you, I am thinking this one won’t either.

Edit: Direct link to screenshot: https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/36422048-1969-4c7c-aba5-ed1a934194c2.png

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Good fuck these war criminals.

Make Israelis feel unwelcome everywhere besides their shiti apartheid shit hole.

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No, you got it all wrong, make Israel feel welcome everywhere but there (provided they don’t have a problem with the applicable immigration forms, ofc).

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Oh the sweet irony of serving in a military committing genocide and wanting to visit your relative whom is a holocaust survivor.

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38 points

On land unceded to the colonizers by genocided peoples.

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Found the vegan at the party.

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21 points

…are they wrong?

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5 points

The fuck does being vegan have to do with anything?

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8 points

Always was, always will be aboriginal land. Sovereignty was never ceded.

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faced delays in obtaining Australian visas after being asked to complete to complete a 13-page document typically required for military personnel involved in war

Well, they were involved in war, no matter how much lipstick this article wants to put on the pig.

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Reservist = Military Personnel

Am i missing something here or why is that even mentioned?

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Reservists don’t necessarily go fight in a war. A lot of their work is voluntary rather than forced.

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Reservists are soldiers that were drafted, served and then went back to doing civilian stuff. In Israels case there are probably no reservists that did not get deployed in some capacity. The chance that any randomly picked reservist has not participated in genocide, torture or at least unjust abuse of people from Gaza or the Westbank is pretty damn low.

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Not a war; a belligerent invasion.

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“We just want a clear answer, yes or no,” he said.

Well they also just want a clear answer, yes or no. We already know which one it is tho…

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